---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying well work permits issued by DEP Office of Oil and Gas"
description: "Modifying well work permits issued by DEP Office of Oil and Gas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 404"
citation: "West Virginia SB 404 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50c3b4af-b8d4-4c24-a2e9-d2d26ec122b6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=404&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "917409bbc615dfdc009d724999dce3de82fdea13a3b33f25aa738e47de46796b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---

# West Virginia SB 404 (2021) — Modifying well work permits issued by DEP Office of Oil and Gas

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB404%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=404)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB404%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=404)
3. **SB404 HFAT ANDERSON adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB404 HFAT ANDERSON adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Ihlenfeld — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-23** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
- **2021-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-23** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
- **2021-03-03** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 90) `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** To Energy and Manufacturing
- **2021-03-09** To House Energy and Manufacturing `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Do pass
- **2021-03-15** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Passed House (Roll No. 174) `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-18** House Message received
- **2021-03-18** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 146) `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Communicated to House
- **2021-03-18** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-22** House received Senate message
- **2021-03-22** To Governor 3/22/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-23** To Governor 3/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/27/21 - House Journal
- **2021-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/27/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 113, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50c3b4af-b8d4-4c24-a2e9-d2d26ec122b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).